Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for Cancer Palliative Care: Pain, Constipation, and Insomnia

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab10"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:23.57em"/><col style="width:23.57em"/><col style="width:10.19em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"><b>Pattern</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Acupuncture point</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Grading and level</b></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Main acupoints for all cancer insomnia patterns: Shen Men (HT7), San Yin Jiao (SP6), Bai Hui (DU20)</td><td class="align_center">Grading of recommendation: B<sup><i>※</i>§</sup> <br/> Level of evidence: IIa [<a href="/journals/ecam/2019/1038206/#B71" target="_blank">27</a>, <a href="/journals/ecam/2019/1038206/#B72" target="_blank">28</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Heart and spleen deficiency</td><td class="align_center">Xin Shu (BL15), Jue Yin Shu (BL14), Pi Shu (BL20)</td><td class="align_center">Grading of recommendation: C<sup>§</sup> <br/> Level of evidence: IV</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Acupuncture on cancer insomnia.</div>

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Table 10: Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for Cancer Palliative Care: Pain, Constipation, and Insomnia 